Dell is far too lame to do anything with Linux. They tease the user community a number of time with potentially doing something with Linux. And when they did last time is was a cluster to say the least!
Their idea storm site overwhelming suggests that Dell really could distinguish itself if they approached Linux actually picked a Linux distribution and ran with it. So the site they put up demonstrates that their users would overwhelming love them to offer Linux and really support it and contribute to Linux.. what do they do with all that information announce that they are trying to get their boxes certified with Linux as servers and that is it. They just do not listen.
They are completely arrogant! Inept with no capacity what so ever to decipher or disseminate information that is right in front of their noses. They really never will support anything that is Linux unless it sells a server and even then they will certify say a Suse or Ubuntu and leave it at that the user will be on their own.
Their storm site fundamentally comes up with a direction for them.
1.Pick a distribution and sticking to it!
2.Demonstrate support of the end users by delivering a great customer experience.
3.Have a dedicated team that delivers solutions to the customers i.e. precompiled easy to install applications/games etc for the users to just install easily with out having to be a guru.. i.e. point and shoot.
4.Step up use their weight with their vendors and software suppliers and get them to port their applications and drivers to Linux
But they will never do any of it until Microsoft removes the choke hold from them and they grow a spine!
If you really want desktops or servers in my opinion the only vendor out there that really does support their customers is Sun Microsystems but they really are not geared to deal with anyone other than Businesses.
Dell sucks over and above that the quality of their portables and desktops especially at the low end really is abysmal! Cheap and nasty boxes.
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Dell is far too lame to do anything with Linux. They tease the user community a number of time with potentially doing something with Linux. And when they did last time is was a cluster to say the least! Their idea storm site overwhelming suggests that Dell really could distinguish itself if they approached Linux actually picked a Linux distribution and ran with it. So the site they put up demonstrates that their users would overwhelming love them to offer Linux and really support it and contribute to Linux.. what do they do with all that information announce that they are trying to get their boxes certified with Linux as servers and that is it. They just do not listen. They are completely arrogant! Inept with no capacity what so ever to decipher or disseminate information that is right in front of their noses. They really never will support anything that is Linux unless it sells a server and even then they will certify say a Suse or Ubuntu and leave it at that the user will be on their own. Their storm site fundamentally comes up with a direction for them. 1.Pick a distribution and sticking to it! 2.Demonstrate support of the end users by delivering a great customer experience. 3.Have a dedicated team that delivers solutions to the customers i.e. precompiled easy to install applications/games etc for the users to just install easily with out having to be a guru.. i.e. point and shoot. 4.Step up use their weight with their vendors and software suppliers and get them to port their applications and drivers to Linux But they will never do any of it until Microsoft removes the choke hold from them and they grow a spine! If you really want desktops or servers in my opinion the only vendor out there that really does support their customers is Sun Microsystems but they really are not geared to deal with anyone other than Businesses. Dell sucks over and above that the quality of their portables and desktops especially at the low end really is abysmal! Cheap and nasty boxes.